started walking all over his hometown of anderson, south carolina, and the surrounding towns basically begging for a kidney. did you think you would get anybody? >> no. i guess not. >> reporter: then why do it? >> i'm trying. i had to do something. >> reporter: it was really just a way to not feel helpless, which is why he was as surprised as anyone when the phone rang. >> i'm willing to donate a kidney to your wife. >> reporter: rang repeatedly. >> we would love to find out how to be tested. >> reporter: hundreds of people who either saw his sign or heard about it volunteered. >> because i have got two of them and i only need one. >> reporter: so far there's been no match but at this point, he has almost certainly recruited enough volunteers and raised enough awareness -- >> i'll take your kidney. >> reporter: -- to save someone, which is fine by his wife. >> if i get a kidney, fine. if i don't, i hope someone else does. >> reporter: that's not good enough for him. >> i know it. >> reporter: that's why larry is still looking, still appealing to the kindness of strangers for the love of his li